Combination shovel and hoe.



O. SANDBBRG.

COMBINATION SHOVEL AND HOE.

- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

OLE SANDBERG, 0F OGEMA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

COMBINATION SHOVEL AND HOE.

- Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

1 'o (17/ whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, OLE SANDBERG, a

citizen cl" anada, residing at ()gema, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and usefill lmprovements in Combination $hovels and l-loes, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to a combined shovel and hoe, and it has for its principal object to produce a tool of this character which may be conveniently and eifectively utilized either as a shovel, as a hoe for hacking in the ground. or as a scraping hoe for moving and shifting material. unloading sand. gravel and the like from flat cars and for such other purposes as will suggest themselves.

A further object of the inventionis to produce a tool of the type set forth which will be simple, inexpensive, easily adjusted to various positions for various purposes and which will be in all respects useful and labor-saving.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,ligure l is a perspective view of a tool constructed in accordance with the inventiom,showing the same adjusted for use as a shovel. Fig. '2 is a side elevation, showing the tool adjusted for use as a hoe. Fig. 3 a top plan view of the device as seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 4'& in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 55 in Fig. 2.

(orrespomling parts in the several figures are denoted by like cl'iaracters of reference.

The body 6 of theimproved tool is of the general shape and outline of an ordinary scoop shovel. except that the rear portion thereof is bellied to form a socket or pocket portion 7 of some considerable deptln the top wall 8 of said socket or pocket portion being provided with a shank 9 that extends forwardly in the direction of the front edge of the scoop blade. said shank being formed integrally with the body of the scoop or shovel by bending a portion of the material into approximately circular shape in cross section, as clearly seen by reference to Fig. 5, thus providing anextremely strong and durable and at the same time a light construction. The shank 9 extends obliquely in an upward direction with respect to the bottom of the scoop body. and it carries a terminal head 10 which is positioned above the scoop blade intermediate and nearly midway between the front and rear ends thereof, thus enabling said shovel, whether loaded or unloaded, to be nicely balanced by said head.

A handle 11 is provided, said handle having terminal lugs or check plates 12 receiving between them the head 10 of the shank 9, said head being mounted pivotally on a bolt 13 having a wing nut 14, which latter, when tightened, serves to secure the parts in assembled relation. The tightening action may be increased by providing the opposed faces of the head 10 and the cheek plates 12 with substantially radial corrugations, indicated at 17.

It will be readily seen that by loosening the wing nut the handle may be tilted or moved to various positions with relation to the scoop; thus when the handle extends rearmu'dly with respect to the scoop. the device may be utilized as a shovel; when the handle is tilted forwardly with respect to the scoop, the latter may be utilized as a hoe for hacking in the ground or for scraping material in order to move t from place. to place. It is obvious that the handle may be readily adjusted to and secured in the most advantageous position -lor the work that is to be performed. it will also be seen that the handle. owing to the peculiar construction of the. shovel body or scoop, is joined with the latter at a point intermediate the ends thereof. Thus. when the tool is used as a shovel. the load will be supported partly in front and partly in rear of the bolt or pivot mem er. thereby avoiding undue strain. and also placing the load nearer the operator than would be the case it the entire shovel body were to extend tor- .vardly with respect to the handle. thereby permitting the. load to be handled with less forwardly from the top Wall of said pocket, a terminal head carried by said shank, a handle member pivotally connected with the head, and means for securing the handle rigidly with respect to the body member at extreme and intermediate adjustments.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OLE SANDBERG. l/Vitnesses:

HATTIE E. HoRNER, CLARENCE E. HORNER. 

